Palazzo 477 Report post Posted February 17, 2019 'E53 with Bluetooth and phone prep, will that work on a modern phone, eg, iPhone 7? Or is it a lot of faffing about? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dogballs 115 Report post Posted February 18, 2019 It will work fine. text functions won’t thou. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2958 Report post Posted February 19, 2019 I believe the later Bluetooth versions are all backwards compatible so new phone should work with an older car install. As Dean says you might not get the full functionality that you get with newer models, such as music streaming, or text but phonecalls should be no issue. No sure if the E53 came with the snap-in adapter but I would think the iPhone 7 would be a bit too big to fit in one of those which is a shame as they make a big difference to the reception and music quality. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palazzo 477 Report post Posted February 19, 2019 Interesting. I had an ‘04 AMG with Bt and that flatly refused to connect to an iPhone 4s. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
